The city’s annual festival—Chandigarh Carnival—begin on Friday with the carnival parade.
The parade having tableaus prepared by the different departments of the Chandigarh Administration especially Government College of Arts, Chandigarh, was the centre of attention on the inaugural day.
Manoj Parida, the Adviser to the Administrator, Chandigarh inaugurated the carnival, which is a three-day event being held at Open Ground opposite Museum & Art Gallery, Sector 10. The chief guest was welcomed by the ITBP women band and was greeted by a trained dog ‘Heena’.
The high point of the inaugural day was a cultural show by Punjab Police Cultural Troupe which mesmerized the audiences and included devotional prayers, traditional folk songs and folk tales of Punjab, Qawwali presentation, Humorous Skit (Bhand Mirassi), Jhoomar folk dance, Sufiana Qalaam, Acrobatic Tricks (Bazian) of Punjab, Depiction of village fair of Punjab, Singing item pertaining to 'Satrangi Peeng', Malwai Giddha and 'Sare Jahan Se Achcha'.
Chandigarh Carnival is seen as a perfect place for those who want to enjoy unlimited shopping, food, music, rides etc and the Union Ministry of Tourism has also included the event in its calendar.
The first day reached its zenith with the presentation of stunts on bikes by a team of the ITBP.
The day saw an impressive turnout and the people enjoyed various facetsl, be it the joy rides in the amusement park, float rides by the students of College of Arts, mouth savouring delicacies at the food court wherein CIHM, AIHM, CITCO and various others displayed their stalls.
The display of live arts workshop also attracted many during the event.